Beaufort, Thomas (1377 - 1426)

Biographical Overview

Titles - 2
Properties - 9
Total events naming patron - 9
Troupes - 4
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1377
Death Date: 1426-12-31

Parents

Primary Title

1st Earl of Dorset
2nd Duke of Exeter

Titles

  • 1st Earl of Dorset
    Assumed 1411-07-05 (Possibly created to title in 1412)
    Vacated 1426-12-31
  • 2nd Duke of Exeter
    Assumed 1416-11-18
    Vacated 1426-12-31

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Keeper, Ludlow 1402-8-15 n.d.
Admiral of the North, England 1403-11-28 1408
Keeper, Carmarthenshire 1405-4-29 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1406 1408
Keeper, Herefordshire 1406-9-28 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1406/7 1408
Admiral of the North and West, England 1408-9-21 1426-12-31
JP, Norfolk 1409/10 n.d.
Lord Chancellor, England 1409/10-1-31 1411/12-01-5
JP, Norfolk 1410 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1411 n.d.
Lord High Admiral, England 1411/12-3-3 1426-12-31
JP, Norfolk 1412/13 1416
JP, Suffolk 1412/13 1414
JP, Dorset 1413/14 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1413/14 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1414 1415
JP, Suffolk 1416/17 n.d.
JP, Essex 1417 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1417 n.d.
JP, Devon 1418 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1418 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1418/19 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1419 n.d.
JP, Essex 1419 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire 1419 n.d.
JP, Devon 1420 n.d.
Justice, Cheshire 1420-10-20 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1421/2 1424
JP, Suffolk 1421/2 1424
JP, Devon 1421/2 1424
JP, Essex 1421/2 1424
JP, Dorset 1421/2 1424
Justice, North Wales 1422/3-2-14 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1424 1425
JP, Huntingdonshire 1424 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1426 n.d.

Lands

  • Hampshire: Crux Easton Manor
    Acquired: 1399-03-18
    Granted
  • Kent: Greenwich Manor
  • Kent: Seintlynge Manor
    Acquired: 1399-03-18
    Granted
  • Lancashire
    Acquired: 1413-08-10
    Acquired via wife; date of livery of lands of Sir Robert Neville of Hornby, Lancashire (her grandfather)
  • Lincolnshire
    Acquired: 1413-06-07
    Acquired via wife; date of livery of lands of Sir Robert Neville of Hornby, Lancashire (her grandfather)
  • Norfolk: Castle Acre & Lordship
    Acquired: 1398-09-24
    Divested: 1426-12-31
    Granted for life
  • Sussex: Knell Manor
    Acquired: 1399-03-18
    Granted
  • (city-county) in Yorkshire
  • Yorkshire
    Acquired: 1413-06-07
    Acquired via wife; date of livery of lands of Sir Robert Neville of Hornby, Lancashire (her grandfather)

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1424-1425 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of Exeter's Entertainer/s
Performance 1423-1423 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance 1424-1424 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance 1424-1425 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance 1424-1425 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance 1425-1426 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance 1425-1426 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance 1426-1426 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Exeter's Minstrels
Performance 1413-1414 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Dorset's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Exeter's Entertainer/s Beaufort, Thomas (1377 - 1426) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Thomas (1377 - 1426) Entertainers/Minstrels 5
Duke of Exeter's Minstrels Beaufort, Thomas (1377 - 1426) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Earl of Dorset's Minstrel/s Beaufort, Thomas (1377 - 1426) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

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